The story of stuff

This video has been around for a while – it’s a bit simplistic (although I think largely accurate) and has a definite lefty/greenie bias.

It presents some fairly dry facts and complex ideas by combining a “talking head” presenter using simple language, with visually simple images and animation.

https://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-stuff/http://storyofstuff.com/

The Story of Stuff also proposes that consumerism and happiness have an inverse relationship.  So what does make us happy?  Have a look at the next presentation example – it is a longitudinal (72 year) study about what makes us happy (it appears that consumption isn’t the path to nirvana).

This presentation (the video is half way down) uses a conventional talking head.  The delivery is narrative based, the key points are illustrated by stories.  A few very simple text slides and some still images support the message.  No graphs, no lecture notes, no clip art.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness